As one of the only Cincinnati Bengals in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Anthony Munoz knows a thing or two about the enshrinement process and what it means for a former player.

Like nearly everyone else, Munoz was perplexed with Terrell Owens’ decision to decline the invitation to his enshrinement, instead opting to celebrate the occasion somewhere else.

Munoz said not going to the ceremony — which the Hall of Fame called “unprecedented” — is a mistake, per Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com:

“He’s missing a lot,” Munoz said. “To be able to be around these great mean and be able to see the shoulders that we stood on and made the game what it is today is one of life’s greatest experiences.”

“But it’s just not the speeches and the ceremony. The three or four days before that are great. It gives you an opportunity to meet and have a relationship with some really great guys. It really is a fraternity. A guy like Jerry Rice is part of it. One of the greatest and a guy who is always there.”

Alas, Owens appears to have made his decision, perhaps in part still miffed it took three tries for the voters to let him in.

In 2010, T.O. spent his final NFL season with the Bengals, catching nine touchdown passes and coming up 17 yards shy of 1,000 for the season. He will join Munoz and Charlie Joiner as the former Cincinnati players to grace the Hall.